Westbrook v. Miller
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay. (Green, J.) Trover. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, C. J.
This is an action of trespass quare clausum. Upon the trial the validity of a tax deed1 was brought in *150question, and the circuit judge ruled that it was invalid. The only question raised on the record in this Court concerns the correctness of this ruling.
The reason for holding the deed invalid was that it was-executed by. the deputy Auditor General in his own name, when if executed by him at all it should have been executed in the name of his principal.
The statute provides that “the Auditor General may appoint a deputy, for whose acts he shall be ■ responsible, and may revoke such appointment…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Bissell v. PenroseSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
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